EditorialAuthor(s): Michael KearneySource: The Journal of California Anthropology, Vol. 1, No. 2 (WINTER 1974), p. 131Published by: Malki Museum, Inc.Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/27824784 .

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E ditorial

Reactions to the first issue of the Journal

have been overwhelmingly laudatory and en

couraging, and it is therefore with pleasure and enthusiasm that the Journal Staff pre sents this second issue. The conception and

production of these first issues have been

made possible by a most propitious coming

together of talents and energies. Most of the

hundreds of hours that have gone into the

design, production, promotion, circulation, and editing of these first two issues have been volunteered, and I wish to take this opportu

nity to thank all those who have done so.

The general editorial policy regarding con

tent is reflected in the tables of contents of this and the first issue. Ideally, we seek to include in each issue a range of items covering native California ethnology, archaeology, eth

nohistory, linguistics, and arts. Two other

considerations are geographic distribution and

the ratio of technical to general interest items.

Our intent is thus to offer material of interest to a wide audience without sacrificing scholar

ly excellence. Some of our readers may find

occasional selections to be of too technical a

nature for their interests. But in the belief

that good scholarship can also appeal to the

non-specialist, we seek to include in each issue

several items that possess both of these

qualities. In this issue there are several such

selections, notably those by Pope and Laird.

The piece by Pope is a reprinting of three chapters from his now hard-to-find book

Hunting with the Bow and Arrow, published in 1923. By a fortuitous coincidence, the

Lowie Museum of Anthropology at the Uni versity of California, Berkeley, has recently

opened an exhibit on Ishi, the last surviving Yana Indian, about whom Pope writes, and

many of the implements and other mementos

that Pope mentions in this piece may be seen there.

A sharp increase in production costs since our initial estimates have caused us to revise our production schedule to continue at a rate

of two issues per year, one to appear in the

Winter, the other in the Summer. By agree ment with Malki Museum Press, the Journal is

to be self-sufficient. At present it is operating at a previously anticipated deficit, which we

hope to resolve by our continually increasing circulation and by selling advertisements. It

appears, however, that these increases in

revenues will be substantially more than

offset by rising production costs. Therefore, to keep the Journal solvent we are currently

seeking outside support from various granting

agencies. Our readers may offer immediate

support by subscribing, if they have not already done so, and, very importantly, by

encouraging their local school and public libraries to subscribe.

The life blood of a journal is, of course, the material that flows to it, and I therefore especially want to encourage authors to sub

mit their work. To aid them in preparing their manuscripts a style guide appears in this issue

and is also available on request.

Michael Kearney, Editor

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